Word: ran
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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DIED. Joseph L. Greenstein, 84, diminutive (5 ft. 4 in.), Polish-born strong man billed as "the Mighty Atom"; in Brooklyn. Greenstein, who ran away from home at 15 to become a professional wrestler, settled in the U.S. in 1911 and gained vaudeville renown for feats like biting iron chains in half...
...went to bed. Shortly after midnight, two key players, Munson and Lou Piniella, knocked on Steinbrenner's door. They were distraught about the chaos on the team and bluntly told Steinbrenner that the Yankees could not win with Martin as the manager. Was this the way the owner ran his other companies, they challenged him? Steinbrenner was somewhat startled to hear the two players say Martin had little support from the rest of the team. Suddenly Martin himself was banging on the door. He was enraged to find his players with the owner. Steinbrenner calmed the group down...
Harvard revenged its only loss this season by stretching past UMass to win 68-71. Middlebury College ran a close third with 78 points...
...truth it's been a little more than a year since Isom's "incredible" performance. In Princeton's opening game last season against Cornell, Isom ran for 161 yards. An injury in the following game against Rutgers from which he never quite recovered forced him to miss two games and wind up with only 439 yards on the season...
Princeton, of course, did have some say in the matter, particularly tailback Bobby Isom, whose stats say it all: 44 carries, 209 yards, one touchdown. Isom ran pretty much when and where he pleased, and while he is good, the Crimson defenders made him look like the best back ever to don shoulder pads. Either Isom was coated with olive oil, or the defense had stayed up all night drinking apple-banana cocktails...